Tragic Peckham Family Shooting Shocks Newcomb Area
After a family massacre in a Newcomb area home a professor George W Peckham and his wife and two children were killed by a gunman a note from the mother blamed mental strain and worry police summoned to the scene found the four bodies in the bathroom a .38 revolver was used investigators say the case involves a chilling domestic tragedy with new details emerging about the suspects and circumstances
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Peckham
George W. Peckham
Newcomb
Marten Ten-Hoor
City
Tulane University
George
Dr. Peckham
Yeth
George,Jr
Bache
Iver
Chamberlain May Resign as Secretary Over France Policy
Persistent rumors claim Austen Chamberlain may resign the secretaryship due to his stance toward France. The Daily Chronicle notes his stronger pro France views clash with Cabinet members and a possible pact with France against Germany was debated and dismissed.
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Associated
Daily Chronicle
Austen C Amberlain
France
Chamberlain
Germany
Pean
New Talent for Domestic Opera Heard in Met Season
New York May 15 Associated Press. The Metropolitan Opera announces its 1926-26 season opening November 2 with five new offerings and six revivals. American artists Carmela Ponselle Dorothea Flexer join the company along with Editha Fleischer Laurits Melchior Mario Basiola. Return of Schumann Heink and many familiar stars plus John Alden Carpenter ballet Sky Scrapers highlight the lineup.
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Associated Press
Metropolitan Opera Company
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
Europe
Metropolitan
Carmela Ponselle
Dorothea Flexer
Editha Fleischer
Laurits Melchior
Berlin Opera
Mario Basiola
Rosa
Carmela
Madame
Ernestine Schumann- Heink
Maya Jeritza
Amelita Galli-Curci
Frances Alda
Lucrecia Bori
Florence Easton
Marie Tiffinany
Margaret Matsenauer
Jeanne Gordon
Ino Bouskaya
Giovanni Martinelli
Beniamino Gigli
Mario Chamlee
Titta Ruffo
Antonio Scotti
Feodor Chaliapin
Jose Mardones
John Alden Carpenter
Impossibility of Russian Trade Told
London May 16 H Gordon Selfridge returning from a Russian holiday says private trade in Russia is impossible in the near future and that traders will receive facilities only through the soviet government. He cites conversations with several merchants and notes his personal lack of attempt to establish ties.
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Associated Press
H. Gordon Selfridge
Russia
Westminster Gazette
Selfridge
Ford collects historic guns for new museums at Clarenceville
Henry Ford amasses over 200 antique firearms from the American Revolution to foreign wars. The collection centers at William Ford’s Dearborn home with prizes such as Buffalo Bill Cody’s first gun and a Napoleon relic. Ford plans reconstructing old inns as museums to teach children history, aiming for wide school visits.
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Henry Ford
Buffalo Bill
Myra Ford
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Herbert Walker
NEA
Dearborn, Mich
William Ford
Buffalo Bill” Cody
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England
Germany
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Switzerland
Spain
Austria
America
Clarenceville
Mich
Described Traffic Court Case Ends With Personal Bond
William Ypharragerre faced overtime parking charges in traffic court. Bailiff and Judge Hitt demanded full identification. the defendant pleaded guilty and was released on a personal bond not to repeat the offense. The report also notes Senate committee criticism of the taximeter bureau and member Reed.
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William Ypharragerre
Mr. Y
Hitt
Fighting in Morocco intensifies as tribes rally
Paris dispatches report that Riffian invaders and French forces under Lyautey clash in Morocco, with heavy losses for Moroccans and renewed French relief of besieged posts at Amrez and Magdala. Reinforcements arrive as air power supports efforts against anticipated attacks along the western flank.
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Marshal Lyautey
French Morocco
Amrez
Colombat
Magdala
Bibane
Associated Press
Morocco
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Chechaouen
Ouetzan
Abd-El Krim
de Chambrun
Flying Corps
League of Nations education plan announced in England
Geneva report says Austen Chamberlain informs League secretariat that work and aims of the League will be taught in schools and institutions across England and Wales. The League of Nations Union will assist by teaching in industrial schools and reformatories. The government expresses sympathetic interest in promoting the League’s ideas. The note mentions Scotland as well.
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Geneva
Associated Press
League of Nations
England
Wales
Austen Chamberlain
League of Nations Union
Ue of Nations
Scotlaré
International talks seek control over traffic in arms
Geneva May 15 The military and naval representatives at the arms and ammunition control conference agreed on a mechanism to supervise traffic. Gunpowder and explosives moved to the no military value category require licensing and publicity. Delegates debated whether ships and trains should remain outside control and whether a right of search at sea should be allowed to seize arms in transit. The American delegation pressed to ban poison gas use and to limit transit via a new clause.
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Associated
International Conference For
Germany
Hungary
Buero
Uruguay
Colombia
Salvador
Ken
Washington
Theodore E. Burton
Italy Adopts Women Vote in Municipal Elections
Rome May 16. A bill granting women the right to vote in Italian municipal elections was adopted by the chamber of deputies under Premier Mussolini after a lively debate. Communist Deputy Greco provoked a clash but no further disruption occurred. Mussolini said the measure is not democracy or aristocracy but a step for women to participate in local government as millions work in fields and factories. The measure advances to the Senate. Also noted is a British government stat on civil servants, 141,730 ex-service men out of 299,927.
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Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
Mussolini
Greco
Italy
Senate
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